30. And when the next day was come, Moses spoke to the people: You have sinned a very great sin: I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I may be able to entreat him for your crime.
31. And returning to the Lord, he said: I beseech thee: this people hath sinned a heinous sin, and they have made to themselves gods of gold: either forgive them this trespass,
32. Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.
33. And the Lord answered him: He that hath sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book: